The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced THE THING ABOUT AIR as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were deeply moved by characters navigating community loss, violence, survival, trauma, autonomy, love, and emotional labor, both on individual and collective levels, rendered with specificity. We were engaged by the play's promise as it skillfully weaves lightness with darkness, as the writer balances multiple characters dealing with their fears and traumas. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

A beautiful piece full of humanity, humor, sorrow, and nary an easy answer or resolution in sight. Femia's exploration of these particular humans in the aftermath of the catastrophe that was the 9/11 terrorist attacks is both such a pointed and specific piece that addresses that event, while also more broadly providing universal truths about loss (individual and collective), the quandary of what to do with rage and anger, and how to respond to violence (again--both individual and collective). The world of this Halloween shop is just so clear and nuanced. I loved spending time with these folks.